All-praise to Him Who, by the Shield of His Covenant, hath
guarded the Temple of His Cause from the darts of doubtfulness,
Who by the Hosts of His Testament hath preserved the Sanctuary
of His Most Beneficent Law and protected His Straight and Luminous
Path, staying thereby the onslaught of the company of
Covenant-breakers, that have threatened to subvert His Divine Edifice;
Who hath watched over His Mighty Stronghold and All-glorious
Faith, through the aid of men whom the slander of the
slanderer affects not, whom no earthly calling, glory and power
can turn aside from the Covenant of God and His Testament, established
firmly by His clear and manifest words, writ and revealed
by His All-glorious Pen and recorded in the Preserved Tablet.

Salutation and praise, blessing and glory rest upon that primal
branch of the Divine and Sacred Lote-Tree, grown out, blest, tender,
verdant and flourishing from the Twin Holy Trees; the most wondrous,
unique and priceless pearl that doth gleam from out the twin
surging seas; upon the offshoots of the Tree of Holiness, the twigs
of the Celestial Tree, they that in the Day of the Great Dividing have
stood fast and firm in the Covenant; upon the Hands (pillars) of
the Cause of God that have diffused widely the Divine Fragrances,
declared His Proofs, proclaimed His Faith, published abroad His
Law, detached themselves from all things but Him, stood for righteousness
in this world, and kindled the Fire of the Love of God in
the very hearts and souls of His servants; upon them that have
believed, rested assured, stood steadfast in His Covenant and followed
the Light that after my passing shineth from the Dayspring
of Divine Guidance—for behold! he is the blest and sacred bough
that hath branched out from the Twin Holy Trees. Well is it with
him that seeketh the shelter of his shade that shadoweth all mankind.